News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-01-20
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
THE CHRISTMAS MEETING OF THE
CLUB.
Bro. Gardner Talks, and Members Form
Resolutions for the New Year.
(From the Detroit Free Press.)

(From the Detroit Free Press.)
In accordance with the resolution
adopted at the last regular meeting,
Paradise Hall was thrown open last
night to the members of the club, and
atterward two hundred assembled to
help honor the occa ion Some five
years since the club adopted the idea
of consolidating Thanksgiving, Christ
mas and New Years into one general
holiday, to be known as "Thankschris
years" and have ever since maintained
it. This saves time, trouble and ex-
pense.
Each member can have his turkey,
hang UP his stocking, and begin the
New Year all in twentyfour hours.
A PLAIN CASE.
'My frens," said Brother Gardner,
when the triangle had called the meet
ing to order, ''dar am great difference
of opinion as to de origin of thanksgiv-
In. Some say it was to return thanks
to de Lawd fur His goodness; odders
say it was an appinted time fur kick1n'
up de heels arter de craps war all in an
de con husked; odders still, dat it was
to get shet of de surplus chickens an
turkeys in de kentry. Some folks keep
de day by gwine on a spree; odders by
gwine to church. l find dat no two
races an skeercely any two religuns
agre as to de origin of Christmas. Our
New Var comes on de first of Jinuary :;
de Chinese hev one to please deirselves; :;
de Roosians am six or eight weeks off :;
de Arabs cotch it when dey kin. 1t am
a mixed up affair all around, an to set
tie all disputes we has adopted Thanks
chrlsyears as our holiday. We am
sartin dat dis holiday comes once a var;
it comes when cider am at its best, an
'possums an persimmons am de fattest;
its origin am not buried in de depths of
obscurity, but stands out as cl'ar as
red nose on statesman's face. / take
great pleasure in informin' you dat de
day has bin accepted and adopted by de
Guild race in general, in de United
States an Canada, an dat all signs pint
to its airly adopshun by de white race"
A THANKscHRIsYEARs SONG.
The glee club then rendered the fol-
lowing words by the Hon. Skyfustus
Johnsing, music by Waydown Beebe:
Oh! de winter it am heah, an de snow am
fallin',
An de posies of the summer am no longer
in view;
De voice of the gander am no longer heard
a'squallin'
An de frozen mud of winter has replaced de
autumn dew.
Chorus-Oh! rally in de cabins-rally round
de fah-
Let de fiddle play while de chilrn dance
Aunt Dinah's gwine to roast de biggest kind
O. 'possum,
An Wen eat de sweet pertater dat was
planted in de spring.
Thankschrisy'ars has arroye fur to make us all
Set de bells a ringin' an doan' you be
De tables loaded down, an de stookin's-oh!
tAm s5la, bglgin,' out so fat dat de chilron am
Chorus-Oh! rally in de cabins-rally round
de fiah-
Let de fiddle play while the chilren dance
an sing;
Aunt Dinah's gwine to roast de biggest kind O.
possum,
An We'll eat de sweet pertater dat was
planted in de spring.
Ddb SdSSdITdAJ Tea HAS Dlu Dl1 II an nOuG-
An dem onions has been roasted till dey
may be overdun;
Come brederen an sisters an gather round de
banquet
An bring all de picaninies dat dey may
injoy de fun.
Chorus-Oh! rally in de oabins-rally round
Let the fiddle play while de chill'en dance
an sing;
Aunt Dinah's gwine to roast de biggest kind O.
possum,
An well eat de sweet pertater dat was
planted in de spring.
The song was not only well sung, but
received the heartiest applause, and had
to be repeated before the audience
would let go.
sIR ISAAC wALPoLE.
Sir Isaac WaIpole was then invited to
address the meeting, and after some
hesitation he got his stiff leg under him
in shape to help hold him up, and said
''My frens, to morrer we begin New
Var, Citing at least week de start of
white folks. trust that ebery pusson
in dis hall tonight will go home wild
deter ninashun to make some change in
his life for de better. If dar am any
thieves amorg you, let all such resolve
to stop stealin'. If dar am any burg
lars, resolve to stop burglin'. De liars
should cease lynn, an de dead beats
should resolve to borry no NOR money
nor beg any NOR terbacker; make dat
resolushin not fur day, or a week, or a
month, but fur yer, an sot your foot
down dat you won't break it under any
circumstances.
"We can't. expeck to be perfeck by
long ways, but let US resolve to be as
perfeck as we kin. Our aim should be
to improve ourselves each var, instead
of standin' still or rollin' dowr hill. So
far as l kin personally incourage any
one of you l shall cheerfully do 80,
onless it happens to be de pussson who
walked off wild my bone-handled UNI
brella at dc las meetin'. Dat individual
am, IN my belief, beyond de infooence
of good, an in case diskiber his cog
nomen an kin succeed in meetin' him
in an alley, dar' will be rumpus to
shake de hull Stait of Michigan"
ELDER TOOLS
This veteran was called upon for q
few remarks, and after drinking a dipper
of water and wiping off his mouth on
his coattails, he responded:
81 ar reminded tonight of de solemn
fact dat me an de old woman am one
var older. We has reached another
milepost on de way to dat unknown
land from which nobody ever comes
back to write up discripshun fur de
noosepapers. l has fully resolved to
turn over a new leaf fur de comm var.
I'ze gwine to stop readfn' dime novels,
swearin' at my mule, and jawin' de ole
woman"